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Phrases and Clauses

Phrases and Clauses. English Notes. The Phrase. A phrase does not have both a subject and a predicate. It does not express a complete thought. Common phrases are prepositional and verb phrases . see text pg___. The Clause.

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Phrases and Clauses

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  1. Phrases and Clauses English Notes

  2. The Phrase • A phrase does not have both a subject and a predicate. It does not express a complete thought. Common phrases are prepositional and verb phrases. see text pg___

  3. The Clause • A clause will contain both a subject and a verb. Though some clauses do express complete thoughts, others (such as subordinate clauses) do not express complete thoughts. Common clauses are simple sentences and subordinate, or dependent clauses, that are part of a complex sentence.

  4. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases English Notes

  5. What is a preposition? • A preposition relates a noun, pronoun, phrase, or clause to some other word in the sentence.

  6. Prepositions • Teresa waits in the room. • Teresa waited beside the statue. • Teresa waited at the door. • Teresa waited near the school.

  7. Prepositions of more than one word… • The following group of words are considered one preposition: According to in addition to instead of by means of for the sake of because of in place of on account of outside of

  8. Preposition of more than one word… • Victor studied French instead of Spanish. • According to Victor, Teresa was cute.

  9. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases English Notes

  10. Object of a preposition • The object of a preposition is a noun, a pronoun, or a group of words used as a noun. A preposition usually precedes its object (comes before).

  11. Object of a preposition • Victor wanted to be in Teresa’s class. (noun) • He wanted to be with her. (Pronoun) • We took the stool from under the desk. (phrase) • Victor was grateful to whoever assisted him. (clause)

  12. Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs English Notes

  13. Adjective Phrase • A prepositional phrase is an adjective phrase when it modifies a noun or a pronoun. Example: The workers at the store are courteous.

  14. Adjective Phrases • Adjectives answer the following questions: • What kind? • How many? How much? • Which one?

  15. Adjective phrases • Mr. Bornot ordered a dinner of broiled sirloin. • That one with the zippered pockets costs a little more. • There was enough room for only one more person.

  16. Adjective Phrases • More than one adjective phrase can modify the same noun or pronoun. • That painting of a starry nightby Van Gough is famous. • A number of the paintingsby that artist are landscapes.

  17. Adverb phrases • A prepositional phrase is an adverb phrase when it modifies a verb, adjective, or an adverb. Example: The servers dress like movie characters. (modifies the verb dress).

  18. Adverb phrases • When an adverb phrase is modifying the verb, it should answer the following questions: How? When? Where?

  19. Adverb phrases • Others eat their meals in a hurry. (answers how they eat their meals) • Many people eat a light meal during the lunch hour. (answers when they eat a light meal) • Some eat lunch on the covered patio. (answers where they eat lunch)

  20. Adverb Phrases • An adverb phrase can also describe an adjective or an adverb: The restaurant is popular with young people. The restaurant opens early in the morning.

  21. Adjective or Adverb Phrase? • How many countries lie on the equator? • I read a book about Martin Luther King, Jr. • The patient sipped water through a straw.

  22. Adjective or Adverb Phrase? • The flowers along the fence are daffodils. • This game is perfect for a rainy day. • The day before yesterday was my birthday.

  23. Preposition or Adverb? English Notes

  24. Words Used as both prepositions or adverbs about below out above down outside around in over before inside through behind near up

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